VIKINGS UNVEIL FIRST AFLE UNIFORM

The Vienna Vikings leant heavily into both tradition and ambition as they unveiled their new home uniform for the 2026 season inside Vienna’s MAK Museum of Applied Arts this week and used one of Austria’s most recognisable football exports as the centrepiece of the launch.

Former Arizona Cardinals tight end Bernhard Seikovits fronted the reveal campaign as the Vikings showcased a redesigned look ahead of their first season in the new AFLE landscape.

After spending four years in the NFL system, the moment carried added significance for Seikovits, as the Vienna native returns home to join the Vikings for the franchise’s inaugural AFLE campaign. The uniform reveal itself deliberately tied the franchise’s new visual identity to Vienna’s reputation for architecture, design and culture, intending to reflect an identity that is ‘powerful, modern and deeply rooted in the city’s history’. As such, while remaining traditionally purple, ‘clean lines, striking colours and high-quality materials’ form a broader push to further establish the Vikings as one of Europe’s benchmark organisations.

Vienna are expected to enter 2026 as one of the favourites for the AFLE Gold Bowl after becoming one of the continent’s dominant programmes over the past decade. Already among the European League of Football’s most stable and successful operations before joining the AFLE project during the offseason upheaval that reshaped the European game, the Vikings’ established infrastructure, fan support and financial stability have made them one of the pillars around which the new league is attempting to build credibility.

On the field, meanwhile, attention is turning quickly toward the season opener. Vienna will debut their new uniforms on May 23rd when they face Berlin Thunder at the newly opened Wiener Sport-Club Stadium in the first-ever AFLE contest.

Before then, supporters can get an early glimpse of the squad during an open practice event at the Vikings football facility on May 7th, featuring a live scrimmage, autograph sessions and merchandise pop-up activities as the organisation ramps up anticipation for the new campaign.

The uniforms are designed and manufactured by Italian company KPro, which will serve as the AFLE’s official supplier during the league’s inaugural season.